Liverpool icon has lifted the lid on the sequence of events that led to him going bankrupt following a series of bad investments that eventually led to him being served a £1.5million bill
John Barnes has spoken out on the sequence of events that led to him filing for bankruptcy in September 2025. The former Liverpool and England winger had a petition filed against him by HM Revenue & Customs after running up more than £1.5million in debts.
Barnes, 62, was previously declared bankrupt in 2009, even though he described the ordeal as a “tax oversight.” But he has now gone into detail…

